Apple has released a scaremongering, self-serving warning aimed at the Australian government, claiming that Australians will be overrun by a parade of digital horribles if Australia follows the European Union’s lead and regulates Apple’s “walled garden.” The EU’s Digital Markets Act is a big, complex, ambitious law that takes aim squarely at the source of…
Activists in Venice will not be holding their peace during Jeff Bezos’s wedding. Activists in the city have launched a series of protests against Bezos, who is due to marry fiancée Lauren Sánchez next week in a lavish, multi-million dollar ceremony that could shut parts of Venice down. “Venice is being treated like a showcase,…
Financial markets picked up the clear message when Donald Trump cut short his stay at the G7 summit in the Canadian Rockies this week. Despite calls from fellow western leaders to de-escalate the crisis, the president’s early return to the White House was taken as a sign that the US is considering joining Israel in…
AstroAI is recalling 249,100 minifridges on Wednesday over fire and burn hazards after two of the compact refrigerators caught fire, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage. The personal refrigerators’ electrical switch can short circuit, posing fire and burn risks, according to a notice from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC has…
(Vax-Before-Travel News) The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) today announced that a woman from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, diagnosed at Barnsley Hospital, has died after becoming infected with rabies, following contact with a stray dog during a visit to the Kingdom of Morocco, located in northern Africa. Currently, the UK’s list of rabies-risk areas does not include Monaco….
US may ask UK to station refuelling aircraft at British base – as Trump weighs Iran strike By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor The US may ask the UK to station American refuelling aircraft at a British base in Cyprus as Donald Trump weighs up whether to join Israel’s war against Iran. American B-52…
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival concluded on May 24, but the South of France is still flooded with A-listers. Soon after Cannes queens Bella Hadid and Naomi Campbell jetted back to Hollywood, the French Riviera became the backdrop for the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Starting on June 16, the week-long fête brings…
It’s important to note that there’s a huge difference in why protesters wear masks as opposed to law enforcement. Not only can masking help with the tear gas often deployed by officers at protests, but it’s a safety measure employed by many immunocompromised people to combat COVID and other infections. Other protesters wear masks to…
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR’s international team shares snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world. You might not realize it, but everything from AI chatbots and autonomous driving systems requires literally trillions of data points to train. My colleague Emily Feng and I were curious about the…
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Trump Mobile, the newly launched line of smartphones produced by the Trump Organization for “real Americans,” has become a target for Internet mockery yet again…